City Of Light 2.0 - Better Broadband in Buffalo

2. City of Light 2.0

3. ● “Electrification has been perhaps the single most important
source of useful work for production of goods and services.”
● Electrification has been called “the greatest engineering
achievement of the 20th century”.
● Electricity changed the way we power our world.
● Broadband access is changing the way we know our world.
Electricity Is
Power
Broadband Is
Knowledge

4. ● What is a municipal network?
● Is there precedent?
● Is it viable in Buffalo?

6. Google rolled out a trial of Google Fiber
in Palo Alto, CA in Summer of 2011
EPB had already offered
symmetrical gig up/down
service in Chattanooga,
TN in September 2010
Local communities can lead the way,
ahead of even the most innovative
private companies.

7. Where 100/10Mb/s is
available in Erie County
Time Warner has no
current plans of bringing
“Maxx” to Erie County
Verizon has stopped
rolling out FiOS

8. ● Build an ”Institutional Network”, connecting
schools, city/county buildings, anchor institutions:
○ Discontinue leased lines from incumbents
○ bury city-owned fiber
REINVEST
SAVINGS BACK
INTO THE
NETWORK

9. Cheaper
Telemedicine
Improved
Service
Eliminating
Travel
Time/Costs
Monitoring Of
Chronic Conditions
Enabling
Electronic
Medical
Records

10. Benefitting Buffalo Can Be Our Bottom Line
○ Economic development
○ Improved telemedicine at BNMC/Roswell
○ Bridging the digital divide
○ Faster/improved access for residents
○ Educational opportunities for all students

11. Electricity was the vital infrastructure of the 20th century
Broadband will be just as vital, if not more so, for the
21st century